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<font color="#336699">Getting Started</font></h2>
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<td>If you're new to Grid Engine check out the <a href="background.html">introduction</a>.&nbsp;
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<font color="#CC3300">Download Now</font></h3>
Download Grid Engine and see what it can do. <a href="downloads/61/download.html">Visit
the downloads page</a> for details. You can download the Grid Engine binaries,
the <a href="documentation.html">documentation</a>, or the <a href="http://gridengine.sunsource.net/servlets/ProjectSource">source
code</a>.&nbsp;
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<font color="#CC3300">Guidelines and specifications</font></h3>
The source code and <a href="documentation.html">specifications</a> for
Grid Engine are posted under the <a href="license.html">The Sun Grid Engine
Software License</a> and are free for you to use according to the license.
Sun Grid Engine Users Manuals are also available in PDF format.
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<font color="#CC3300">Get involved</font></h3>
As with any open source project, our goal is to get the community involved
to both use Grid Engine and to contribute. There are many ways of contributing
to an open source software project. Here are a couple of ways that you
can immediately get involved:
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<b>Join a mailing list</b> - Join the mailing lists to post general feedback,
feature requests, and requests for help. Also, if you see a question on
the list that you can answer, pleased do! See the <a href="maillist.html">mailing
lists page</a> for details on how to subscribe.</li>

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<b>Join the project as Observer</b> - Join the Grid Engine project as observer,
you can submit bug reports and feature requests using <a href="bugs.html">IssueZilla</a>,
you have read only <a href="/servlets/ProjectSource">CVS access</a>. See
the <a href="/servlets/ProjectMembershipRequest">project membership request
page</a> for applying as observer.</li>
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We welcome your <a href="mailto:info@gridengine.sunsource.net">feedback</a>,&nbsp;
your comments, and your contributions. For more information, view Grid
Engine
<a href="GEDomainFAQ.html">Frequently Asked Questions</a>.</td>
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